Figures released today show that the UK economy has come out of
recession with a significant growth in both the last quarter of
2011 and the first quarter of 2012.
This well documented recovery could further boost employer
confidence and accelerate the already increasing demand for both
permanent and temporary staff, according to the Recruitment and
Employment Confederation (REC).
The latest REC JobsOutlook showed that employer confidence was
already starting to rise with one in three businesses planning to
increase their permanent workforce over the coming year and a huge
majority (over 90 per cent) not intending to carry out any more job
cuts.
This followed the latest REC/KPMG Report on Jobs which showed
permanent staff placements growing at their fastest rate for 30
months and temporary staff assignments rising at their sharpest
rate in the past four years.
Commenting on today's economic news and the outlook for jobs, the
REC's Director of Research said: "The UK jobs market has shown
positive signs of recovery for several months and today's news will
further boost employer confidence. It is also likely that this will
lead to some fluidity returning to the labour market as more
workers currently in employment feel confident enough to look at
new opportunities."
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